Independent Labour Party

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Violence Emmeline Pankhurst
EP was violently attacked by a group of young Liberal s after an Independent Labour Party victory in Mid-Devon; she later learned that a local Conservative had been killed in the mélee.
Pankhurst, Sylvia. The Life of Emmeline Pankhurst. Kraus Reprint.
72-3
Theme or Topic Treated in Text Mary Agnes Hamilton
Bondfield was already well known as activist in both industrial and feminist causes, and a leader of the Independent Labour Party .
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape.
107
She was to become Britain's first woman cabinet minister five years after...
Textual Production Mary Agnes Hamilton
After an uncomfortable or cash-strapped period, MAH 's job under Philip Gibbs at the Review of Reviews was succeeded by one at the New Leader, organ of the Independent Labour Party .
Hamilton, Mary Agnes. Remembering My Good Friends. Jonathan Cape.
146
Textual Production Ethel Mannin
EM published another novel, Men Are Unwise, which the Independent Labour Party judged to be insufficiently political.
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
6 April 1934, 7
Croft, Andy. “Ethel Mannin: The Red Rose of Love and the Red Flower of Liberty”. Rediscovering Forgotten Radicals: British Women Writers 1889-1939, edited by Angela Ingram and Daphne Patai, University of North Carolina Press, pp. 205-25.
214
Textual Production Isabella Ormston Ford
IOF 's important pamphlet Women and Socialism, published by the Independent Labour Party , established a theoretical reading of the connection between the labour movement and the women's movement.
Spartacus Educational. http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell.
101
Textual Production Katharine Bruce Glasier
KBG began writing short stories and novels in the year of her marriage, which coincided with the creation of the presses of the Independent Labour Party . She may also have been motivated to write...
Textual Production Isabella Ormston Ford
IOF gave her first public speech when she decided to support striking female weavers in Leeds in October 1888. Despite her nervousness—she sometimes characterized herself as terrified by the faces gazing at me
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell.
72
—expressing...
Textual Features Isabella Ormston Ford
This pamphlet employs a historically-based argument to analyse the roots of women's oppression, as well as drawing on IOF 's practical experiences as a labour activist.
Hannam, June. Isabella Ford. Basil Blackwell.
98
It is thus both practical and theoretical. IOF
Textual Features Katharine Bruce Glasier
Iona provided a space for discussing feminist and socialist issues, especially as they affected the working classes, as well as issues of a domestic nature. KBG wanted to discuss everything interesting to women, not only...
Textual Features Ethel Mannin
Here she outlines some important changes in her political thinking. After meeting Reginald Reynolds , a fellow ILP activist, whom she married this same year, EM had been exposed to ideas of Gandhian non-violence. In...
Textual Features Edith Mary Moore
Having left the north to lead a pampered life in London with a hastily-chosen and clearly unsuitable old school friend as companion, she tries to do good in collaboration with the local clergyman. He complicates...
Textual Features Ethel Mannin
Forever Wandering also recounts EM 's first visit to Moscow in 1934, the year after she joined the Independent Labour Party . In Moscow, then, she found her ideal society, where one could live a...
Publishing Evelyn Sharp
In March 1912 when Emmeline and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence were arrested, ES became, almost at a moment's notice, acting editor (officially assistant editor) of Votes for Women, the official organ of the WSPU . She...
Publishing Katharine Bruce Glasier
With her husband, John Bruce Glasier , KBG published The Religion of Socialism: Two Aspects, a sixteen-page pamphlet issued at Manchester and Glasgow by the presses of the Independent Labour Party .
Thompson, Laurence. The Enthusiasts. Victor Gollancz Limited.
88
C19: The Nineteenth Century Index. http://c19index.chadwyck.com/home.do.
Balshaw, June Marion. Suffrage, solidarity and strife: political partnerships and the women’s movement 1880-1930. University of Greenwich.
165
Publishing Katharine Bruce Glasier
KBG 's pamphlet Socialism for Children appeared, published by the Independent Labour Party . It was her first publication under her married name.
Kelly, Gary, and Edd Applegate, editors. Dictionary of Literary Biography 190. Gale Research.
190:120
“The Times Digital Archive 1785-2007”. Thompson Gale: The Times Digital Archive.
36850 (August 19 1902): 6

Timeline

1877: By this date, female spiritualist healer...

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1877

By this date, female spiritualist healer Chandos Leigh Hunt was amazingly popular.

10 October 1891: The newspaper of the emerging Independent...

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10 October 1891

The newspaper of the emerging Independent Labour Party , The Labour Leader, first appeared. It ran until 28 September 1922, after which the title changed to the New Leader.

7 July 1892: In the British general election of this month,...

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7 July 1892

In the British general election of this month, James Keir Hardie and two other candidates became the first independent Labour Members of Parliament.

13 January 1893: The Independent Labour Party led by James...

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13 January 1893

The Independent Labour Party led by James Keir Hardie , Member of Parliament for West Ham South, was officially founded in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

: The Women's Social and Political Union moved...

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Summer1906

The Women's Social and Political Union moved its headquarters to London; this relocation was emblematic of its shift away from its Independent Labour Party and working-class origins.

By mid-June 1907: Margaret McMillan, socialist, educationist,...

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By mid-June 1907

Margaret McMillan , socialist, educationist, and sister and biographer of Rachel McMillan , published an important work in social studies entitled Labour and Childhood.
TLS Centenary Archive Centenary Archive [1902-2012]. http://www.gale.com/c/the-times-literary-supplement-historical-archive.
(14 June 1907): 191
OCLC WorldCat. http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
under Margaret and Rachel McMillan

November 1907: Charlotte Despard and Teresa Billington Greig...

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May 1916: The British Parliament took the unpopular...

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May 1916

The British Parliament took the unpopular decision to institute conscription for the armed forces (which had been standard practice in other European countries but not in the UK); the Military Service Act followed.

June 1925: The Independent Labour Party founded an Arts...

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June 1925

The Independent Labour Party founded an Arts Guild to promote socialist drama and performance.

30 July 1932: The Independent Labour Party, increasingly...

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30 July 1932

The Independent Labour Party , increasingly disillusioned with the Labour Party 's movement towards the centre, took a decision to disaffiliate from its own larger and more successful offspring.

Texts

Glasier, Katharine Bruce. Dolly-Logues. Independent Labour Party, 1926.
Glasier, Katharine Bruce. Socialism and the Home. Independent Labour Party, 1909.
Glasier, Katharine Bruce. Socialism for Beginners. Independent Labour Party, 1929.
Glasier, Katharine Bruce. Socialism for Children. Independent Labour Party, 1902.
Glasier, Katharine Bruce. Tales from the Derbyshire Hills. Independent Labour Party, 1907.